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Blockchain: Reflections on a Webinar

Supply Chain Shaman

Later that afternoon, I hosted a webinar featuring blockchain case studies. Yesterday, Bristlecone and IBM presented case studies. The case studies focus on cold chain safety/alerting for out-of-condition limits for milk transport in India and the use of blockchain for fresh produce monitoring.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 3-7, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Finally, yet another study was published analyzing different mechanisms to fund highway transportation projects.

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Addressing Labor Shortages in Warehouse and DC Operations

NC State SCRC

facility at an Indianapolis, Ind., Contingent workforces are also a trend occurring in the general industry, as a study by Intuit showed that by 2020, 43% of the American workforce (7.6M) would be independent contractors (contingent workers). Those skills led him to a part-time job at a FedEx Corp.

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Converting More Leads to Loads with John Simpson

The Logistics of Logistics

The company is based in Indianapolis. [01:14] I’m from Holland, Michigan and went to Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, studying political science. I’m the director of sales at Covideo. We’re an email, texting, video platform for salespeople. 01:14] Tell us a little bit about yourself. After graduating, I worked at a deli for a while.

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Demand and Fulfillment Blocking & Tackling: Part 5 – Knowledge Is Power

BlueYonder

In preparation for each NFL game, coaches study all of the available statistics on the opposing team in order to help them choose the right strategy for their own team. A good example of that would be two games played by the New England Patriots against the Indianapolis Colts during the last season.

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Walmart Rolling Out Four High-Tech FCs

Multichannel Merchant

Successive FCs will open next spring in McCordsville, IN, near Indianapolis; in Lancaster, TX near Dallas in the fall of 2023; and in Greencastle, PA, about 100 miles northwest of Baltimore and Washington, DC sometime in 2024. in a blog post.

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[PROFILE] Scott Cooper '14 - Parker CMC Networking

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

  I think Anderson wins the prize for best field study program. Playing flag football against a former Indianapolis Colt was certainly a highlight, despite him crushing us. .  My team really put together a great report, and we had a lot of fun doing it.